THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 21 



Buddhists through their firm belief in 

 the doctrine of Metempsychosis on "the- 

 Transmutation theory," which the founder 

 of the Buddhist religion underwent twenty- 

 two times before attaining the dignity of 

 man, exactly the same number as Professor 

 Hseckel has given to the prehistoric proge- 

 nitors of the human race. Thus Guatama 

 Buddha was evolved from these various 

 animals, until he finally appeared in all the 

 dignity of an Indian prince. 1. Originally 

 he was hid in the spirit of a tree. 2. Then 

 he became a fish. 3. Then he evolved into 

 a frog. 4. The bird Ifousa. 5. A jungle 

 fowl. 6. A water fowl. 7. Snipe. 8. 

 Woodpecker. 9. A cock. 10. Crow. 11. 

 Golden eagle. 12. Then he passed from 

 the produce of an egg into the mammalia 

 kind as a pig. 13. Then a rat. 14. 

 Dog. 15. Hare. 16. Bull. 17. Horse. 

 18. Deer. 19. Lion. 20. Elephant. 21. 

 Jackall. 22. Ape. Finally he appeared 

 in the world under these seven disguises, 

 as 1. A slave. 2. A gambler. 3. A thief. 

 4. A scientist. 5. A merchant. 6. A priest. 



